President's Message Greetings Members: The time has arrived to pen my last official message as acting President for ISM-St. Louis. First, I want to thank each and every one of you for allowing me to serve the affiliate for the past 12 months. It truly has been my pleasure. While serving as President and Services Chair of the General Conference this year, I was afforded the opportunity to meet and get to know a lot of our members on a personal basis. This was a great experience that I will not forget. The Board and I hope all members are pleased with the progress we've made over the past year. We purposely chose to pursue key objectives that provide maximum value for the local affiliate and members. At the end of any term, you ask yourself the important questions such as what have we accomplished, what could have done better and what exceeded our expectations? Here are a few that come to mind. ISM 93rd International Conference - While the official numbers haven't arrived yet, the overall impression from attending the conference, listening to volunteers and speaking to attendees is that the ISM Conference was a tremendous success from a local chapter branding, learning, volunteer, logistics and attendance perspectives. Kudos to all volunteers for making this conference memorable. Hopefully St. Louis will not have to wait another 70 years to host another ISM International Conference. New Members -65. Seventeen new volunteers for committees. New board position of Secretary Formed the History Committee and the Retention Committee which should resurface on an annual basis. Formed an Internal Audit Committee. Setting up Cvent which will allow our website to be used for payment of dues, seminars, and classes, sign up for membership, RSVP to our activities, maintain our roster, develop and receive surveys and a host of other value added items for our members Last but not certainly least, the marketing committee did a wonderful job redesigning the web site. The enhanced web site is already providing dividends by helping reinforce the affiliate's branding, marketing and membership campaigns while serving as the central information portal. Thanks to the board for their continuous support and hard work that made all of our accomplishments possible. I look forward to staying active in the local affiliate and encourage all members to take an active role in making your local ISM affiliate "Best in Class". Thank you and best wishes. Kim Butts, C.P.M.

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